The College Signal


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Signal


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Signal and Noise


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DIVExamines the role of media technologies in shaping urban Africa through an ethnographic study of popular culture in northern Nigeria./div




The Signal Engineer


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The Case against Education


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Why we need to stop wasting public funds on education Despite being immensely popular—and immensely lucrative—education is grossly overrated. Now with a new afterword by Bryan Caplan, this explosive book argues that the primary function of education is not to enhance students' skills but to signal the qualities of a good employee. Learn why students hunt for easy As only to forget most of what they learn after the final exam, why decades of growing access to education have not resulted in better jobs for average workers, how employers reward workers for costly schooling they rarely ever use, and why cutting education spending is the best remedy. Romantic notions about education being "good for the soul" must yield to careful research and common sense—The Case against Education points the way.




Signal Processing


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Separate signals from noise with this valuable introduction to signal processing by applied decomposition The decomposition of complex signals into the sub-signals, or individual components, is a crucial tool in signal processing. It allows each component of a signal to be analyzed individually, enables the signal to be isolated from noise, and processed in full. Decomposition processes have not always been widely adopted due to the difficult underlying mathematics and complex applications. This text simplifies these obstacles. Signal Processing: An Applied Decomposition Approach demystifies these tools from a model-based perspective. This offers a mathematically informed, “step-by-step” analysis of the process by breaking down a composite signal/system into its constituent parts, while introducing both fundamental concepts and advanced applications. This comprehensive approach addresses each of the major decomposition techniques, making it an indispensable addition to any library specializing in signal processing. Signal Processing readers will find: Signal decomposition techniques developed from the data-based, spectral-based and model-based perspectives incorporate: statistical approaches (PCA, ICA, Singular Spectrum); spectral approaches (MTM, PHD, MUSIC); and model-based approaches (EXP, LATTICE, SSP) In depth discussion of topics includes signal/system estimation and decomposition, time domain and frequency domain techniques, systems theory, modal decompositions, applications and many more Numerous figures, examples, and tables illustrating key concepts and algorithms are developed throughout the text Includes problem sets, case studies, real-world applications as well as MATLAB notes highlighting applicable commands Signal Processing is ideal for engineering and scientific professionals, as well as graduate students seeking a focused text on signal/system decomposition with performance metrics and real-world applications.




Signal


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Teaches the analytical skills necessary to glean value from the warehouses of accumulating data In this age of so-called Big Data, organizations are scrambling to implement new software and hardware to increase the amount of data they collect and store. However, in doing so they are unwittingly making it harder to find the needles of useful information in the rapidly growing mounds of hay. If you don't know how to differentiate signals from noise, adding more noise only makes things worse. When we rely on data for making decisions, how do we tell what qualifies as a signal and what is merely noise? In and of itself, data is neither. Assuming that data is accurate, it is merely a collection of facts. When a fact is true and useful, only then is it a signal. When it's not, it's noise. It's that simple. In "Signal," Stephen Few provides the straightforward, practical instruction in everyday signal detection that has been lacking until now. Using data visualization methods, he teaches how to apply statistics to gain a comprehensive understanding of one's data and adapts the techniques of Statistical Process Control in new ways to detect not just changes in the metrics but also changes in the patterns that characterize data.




The Signal Corps


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Academic Press Library in Signal Processing, Volume 7


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Academic Press Library in Signal Processing, Volume 7: Array, Radar and Communications Engineering is aimed at university researchers, post graduate students and R&D engineers in the industry, providing a tutorial-based, comprehensive review of key topics and technologies of research in Array and Radar Processing, Communications Engineering and Machine Learning. Users will find the book to be an invaluable starting point to their research and initiatives. With this reference, readers will quickly grasp an unfamiliar area of research, understand the underlying principles of a topic, learn how a topic relates to other areas, and learn of research issues yet to be resolved. - Presents a quick tutorial of reviews of important and emerging topics of research - Explores core principles, technologies, algorithms and applications - Edited and contributed by international leading figures in the field - Includes comprehensive references to journal articles and other literature upon which to build further, more detailed knowledge




Random Signal Analysis


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A fundamental introduction to the delopment of random signal processing with an emphasis on analysis. Linear transformation, nonlinear transformation, spectral analysis of stationary and narrow band random process are discussed in detail. With abundant exercises, this book is an essential reference for graduate students, scientists and practitioners in electronical engineering and signal processing.